HR Technology
HR Technology
HR tech platform HONO raises $5 million in series A funding HONO, a leading HR tech solutions company, has raised $5 million in a series A funding round led by Aakash Chaudhry, managing director of Aakash+BYJU’s, a test-preparation company. With this investment, Chaudhry will join the
HR tech platform Claira raises $3.5 Mn in a Seed funding round
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Uber to recruit 500 plus tech talent for its India tech centres
Uber Technologies has announced its plan to hire 500 plus tech talent by December 2022 for its India tech centres. The app-based mobility and delivery company already has a 1,000-member tech team across its centres in Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The new hiring plan is a testament to Uber’s commitment to India, and its recognition of the engineering talent in the country. Recently, Uber hired 10
| may 2022
Hiring platform WizeHire lands $30 million funding round led by Tiger Global board of directors of the Gurugram-based company and will be actively involved in guiding its business operations.
Competency analytics engine Claire has raised $3.5M in a Seed funding round led by Heartland Ventures. The round also saw participation from Trend Forward Capital, Connetic Ventures, Invest Detroit Ventures, and Northern Michigan Angels. The company will use the funds to advance machine learning capabilities and accelerate the rollout to key customer segments. 250 engineers to its India teams in 2021, with the accelerated expansion in full force at all its tech centres across the globe, including the US, Canada, LatAm, Amsterdam, and at its twin centres in India.
WizeHire, an easy-to-use online recruiting system for small businesses, has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global with participation from prior investors Amplo and Mercury. This round brings WizeHire’s total funding to $37.5 million and its valuation to $250 million. The platform plans to introduce new offerings like tax, payroll, and insurance advice. WizeHire has also recently launched a mobile app for iOS and Android that allows business owners to easily manage their hiring process on the go, connect them to the services they need to scale and put valuable hiring advice at their fingertips, the company said in a statement.
Recruitment
IT firm ACI infotech plans to hire 1,400 plus employees in 2022
New Jersey, USA-headquartered IT firm ACI Infotech has announced its planning to recruit 1,400 plus new talent in FY22. As per their press release, the recruitment would be focussed pan-India with key areas for talent acquisition include the entire spectrum of digital transformation, customer experience platforms, intelligent automation and more. The large-scale hiring will take place through multifaceted processes incorporating direct advertisements, LinkedIn, employee references, aggregators, etc.
